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It adds years to the life of track by maintaining .., '.036the fact remains unchallenged that steel wool in the motor is nasty, nasty stuff. - Ed.1 Kit No. BOX Less Trucks and Couplers - - 7.25 58.75 To the Editor: Oh no, it couldn't have happened, but it did! And right on the September cover. Coyer Is Uncovered Linn. Please tell me that perhaps the boys had violated Rule G, or that the South Benders became panicky when A light engine standing on a piece of interlocked (I hope, as there are signals in evidence) track while the mainliner proceeds on the same interlocked section. %11•h•njpteonadd insult to injury, the 25 W. 95th St., New York 25, N. Y, K. PHILLIPS KALLMAN Words to the Wives To the Editor: Do your friends wonder why you and your husband never visit them evenings, or do they say, with a voice full of pie, "I suppose he enjoys it"? By "it" they mean model railroading. Your answer, of course, depends on you, but my responses now sound like those of a publicity agent for the hobby. At first, you may work with your hus- band by assembling an occasional kit, or you can even paint the backdrop, but the layout is always "his." After a while you lose interest and stay upstairs more, while he remains in the basement. Is this your trouble? Then get yourself a hobby-and not knitting argyle socks, but one where you and your husband can share some interest. I chose moviemaking. I convinced my husband that I should get a movie camera, 8 mm. size because film was cheaper. We picked a -- THOMAS L 1 Tickles Tinplaters r. (0 Gauge) . . . with this' colorful red, green and gray PASSENGER WAITING PLATFORM. Sturdily constructed of heavy metal; a beautiful addition to any layout; will really put you in the passenger business. Complete with waiting bench, goose-neck platform lamp and station signboard, only SR.Rs Look at this sturdy GOOSE-NECK LAMPI Made of brass and'beautiful Zamae castings; comes complete with bulb and ready-to-attach wires, only Handsome BOULEVARD LAMP. All-metal, with frosted plastic ventilated housing. This precision engineered lamp leads the value parade at only 85e TINPLATE FREIGIIT TRUCK KIT. These realistic trucks come complete with coupler that attaches to Lionel, and swivels with truck wheels. Pair i#.. 4.':il':S'.... 12 f'«1;11...:... $2.10 $1.39 I-5 -,"r'F'1%40 ./Min/8/In11. WENONAH. NEW JERSEY poimm ». . todayl WINNELL'D.':rtm036t -- 1112:'«194 £.24 *1 order y... Newtonville 60, Mass._ R. B,*51 The Model Railroader f. 1,•#enTE--•t.·.. 2, . :. 1 -7*-,-fit: T ;i 9 m :, 1 i-«,i: .-., L. magazint type so we could later add certain accessories. Then our main project was started- a Kodachrome movie of our HO gauge pike. This was truly a cooperative project. A telephoto lens and a through-thelens focuser were added. Then the work really began. We had lights to adjustsome hooked on overhead beams, some clamped on an oId music stand, and a to keep it out of the motor's magnetic fleld, but 171 staples Ave., san Franc21 1• ca•f,ARRICH b • [All depends, of course, on how to handle steel wool • t· · i ·V • :5 •t ·• And the shot shuttered by no less an . P, authority on train control than our own . • # '<, 4 their "pitcher was to be took," but not f that they operate as pictured. 5 ji '4 It 4 •' 2 t 1 . a BUILD THIS• J Gef Winnefl's popular Professional De- tailed Plans to make this Top-. A Flight Trackside Building. Plans .r,PFWI n Adaptable to ALL Gauges. NOT A KIT . comp•ete. •k(141»1/f . Send r .• tt 1 .'t.. i 1 • t .* t' i f f '•2 -1